The race course for the Obstacles Trial. The three obstacles (from left) were a pillar, a hoop, and a gate. The flags indicate the required path that the drone must fly through while the black squares are Augmented Reality Codes for drones to detect.

Guest View: Dartmouth teen James Lu engineers a rewarding summer at MIT

Students anticipate a period in life filled with nervousness: college application season.
August 16, 2017
South Coast Today

Dartmouth High School student James Lu shares his perspective as a participant of the 2017 MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute program (BWSI). 98 students from 20 states were selected for the three programs that made up BWSI 2017: Autonomous Cognitive Assistant, Autonomous RACECAR Grand Prix, and Autonomous Air Vehicle (UAV) Racing. James Lu participated in the UAV program of 27 students. 18 world-renowned experts delivered seminars every weekday from 11 July to 3 August.